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Lead accounting team of 15 in overseeing various accounting functions for 14th-largest wine company within US generating $290M in annual revenue. Manage accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP), treasury management, and technical accounting, while facilitating transition to publicly traded company following 2021 IPO. Coordinate establishment of new procurement policies, approval matrices, and cash-forecasting measures. • Implemented multiple strategic initiatives over 2 years to enhance compliance, operational efficiency, and financial control, ensuring alignment with regulatory standards and improving overall performance. • Transitioned from manual expense reporting to electronic submission, training employees on new system and enabling more efficient process that enhanced auditing capabilities.

Victor, New York, United States

Managed team of 9 coordinators responsible for overseeing human resources services across US and Mexico for major international producer and marketer of beer, wine, and spirits. Led team in optimization of shared service model, handling human resources and payroll inquiries, coordinating administrative tasks such as offer and change letters, and analyzing key data to optimize staffing and prioritize task management. • Fostered resilient team culture during global pandemic, guiding cross-functional human resources governance team to drive process improvement and establish documented policies and procedures to challenge status quo and enhance overall efficiency. • Established position as empowering leader and mentor to entry-level employees, facilitating their professional growth within human resources and ultimately laying foundation for their elevation to generalists or senior professionals.

Victor, New York

Spearheaded implementation of new ERP platform and data management system, leveraging extensive experience to ensure global effectiveness and consistency. Oversaw various financial processes including general ledger, intercompany transactions, sales and excise taxes, marketing, and consolidation, involving intensive design testing across teams with significant cross-functional collaboration. Led and developed team of 4 direct reports, 6 indirect reports, and 5 consultants. • Volunteered to orchestrate successful global implementation of SAP S4 Hana ERP platform across both beer and wine business divisions, ensuring timely delivery despite resource constraints arising from global pandemic. • Conducted comprehensive assessments of data requirements across organization, collaborating closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements and understand their needs, subsequently working with implementation partners to design systems, processes, and capabilities that ensured accurate data flow. Effectively managed third-party vendors and leveraged Agile methodology to oversee design configuration and testing phases to identify defects, prioritize resolution, and ensure efficient, on-budget implementation.

Canandaigua, New York

Oversaw accounting operations for company’s largest business segment and continuously growing division (beer), leading team of 8 across various locations in fostering culture of continuous improvement to enhance efficiency while maintaining US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) compliance. Provided strategic leadership to various projects and change initiatives that impacted financial reporting. • Collaborated with finance operations team in Mexico to implement process improvements that synchronized costing processes and streamlined process of determining cost of goods sold (COGS) within SAP-based system, resulting in smoother process with reduced variance: effectively trained team members and integrated Mexico into beer segment’s production, navigating cultural and language barriers. Consolidated and integrated acquired craft breweries into existing processes, procedures, and ERP system.

Canandaigua Ny

Managed accounting operations for international wine segment, overseeing functions such as journaling, monthly trend analysis, and reconciliation, and ensuring accurate GAAP financial statements, forecasting balance sheets, and cash flows. • Spearheaded strategic initiative to establish global shared service finance organization, collaborating with partners and implementation teams to analyze and optimize workflow efficiency: Enabled consolidation of entire finance organization, previously segmented across US, New Zealand, and Italian wine businesses, leading to significant cost savings by restructuring and reducing month-end close time from 7 days to 5 days. • Successfully implemented BlackLine Account Reconciliations for all of Constellation, streamlining and enhancing reconciliation process for improved efficiency and accuracy.